tri|oe|cious

tri|oe|cious
tri|oe|cious «try EE shuhs», adjective.
Botany. designating a genus or other group in which male, female, and hermaphrodite flowers occur, each on different plants. Also, triecious.
[< New Latin Trioecia the order name < Greek tri- three + oîkos house]
tri|oe´cious|ly, adverb.

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  • tri|oe´cious|ly — tri|oe|cious «try EE shuhs», adjective. Botany. designating a genus or other group in which male, female, and hermaphrodite flowers occur, each on different plants. Also, triecious. ╂[< New Latin Trioecia the order name < Greek tri three +… …   Useful english dictionary

  • tri|e´cious|ly — tri|e|cious «try EE shuhs», adjective. Botany. trioecious. –tri|e´cious|ly, adverb …   Useful english dictionary

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  • cious — an·dro·di·oe·cious; an·dro·mo·noe·cious; an·ti·per·ni·cious; as·tu·cious; atro·cious; atro·cious·ly; atro·cious·ness; au·da·cious·ly; au·da·cious·ness; aus·pi·cious; aus·pi·cious·ly; aus·pi·cious·ness; av·a·ri·cious; av·a·ri·cious·ly;… …   English syllables

  • mer´e|tri´cious|ness — mer|e|tri|cious «MEHR uh TRIHSH uhs», adjective. 1. attractive in a showy way; alluring by false charms: »A wooden building painted to look like marble is meretricious. There is nothing showy or meretricious about the man (William Dean Howells).… …   Useful english dictionary

  • mer´e|tri´cious|ly — mer|e|tri|cious «MEHR uh TRIHSH uhs», adjective. 1. attractive in a showy way; alluring by false charms: »A wooden building painted to look like marble is meretricious. There is nothing showy or meretricious about the man (William Dean Howells).… …   Useful english dictionary

  • mer|e|tri|cious — «MEHR uh TRIHSH uhs», adjective. 1. attractive in a showy way; alluring by false charms: »A wooden building painted to look like marble is meretricious. There is nothing showy or meretricious about the man (William Dean Howells). The actual… …   Useful english dictionary

  • mer·e·tri·cious — …   Useful english dictionary

  • trioecious — tri·oe·cious …   English syllables

  • trioeciously — tri·oe·cious·ly …   English syllables

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